"Engineering girls..."
I'm not being sexist.
But she definitely thought differently from the girls in the humanities or the arts colleges.
A few words from me, and her circuits had crossed.
On Si-eun acted so cool, like one of the guys, but it hit me that she was a woman after all.
When I said I'd take responsibility for her life, she turned so red she could barely breathe.
She'd apparently taken it as a proposal.
I mean, come on—what man proposes to a woman he met a few hours ago?
On Si-eun's imagination was something else.
She thought in straight lines, a true engineering student charging full speed ahead.
I needed her.
Her face said betrayal wasn't in her, too.
I liked the way she fielded my questions, one after another.
Even with Vladimir's knowledge behind them, she'd handled everything I threw at her.
There's a reason Hanguk University's CS department is so highly rated.
When a company grows, you have to take special care with security.
I couldn't be glued to it all the time, so I needed someone to back me up.
"Shouldn't a date come first? Hahaha."
Her reaction had been hilarious.
Her face had turned bright red, and what came out next was a masterpiece.
She'd asked whether a date shouldn't come before a sudden proposal.
Her eyes were so pure I thought she was a fawn from some pristine tundra no human had ever set foot in.
Even I was thrown.
I'd tossed the line out with no context, but I never dreamed she'd take it that far.
"A date with an engineering girl..."
With that look on her face, I couldn't say no.
I couldn't be the fake Santa who crushes a child's pure heart.
We set up a date.
After a lot of figuring, On Si-eun told me, bashfully, that she was free starting Saturday morning.
I nodded and said okay.
Going somewhere with atmosphere and talking over a cup of tea didn't sound bad.
She'd chattered away that she'd never once been on a group blind date since starting college—how was…